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Superstition

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Images

  • Amulet necklace, West Africa, 1880-1920
  • A postcard illustrating a variety of good luck charms. Chromolithograph.
  • Folio 31 recto, Wellcome MS Persian 466.
  • A lady seeking knowledge of her lover from a wizard. Process print after Sir E. Burne-Jones.
  • The pains of gout could be eased by boiling rosemary leaves and tying them, wrapped in linen, round the afflicted members. Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, E. & M. Radford : 'Zyloric' Allopurinol.
  • A postcard wishing good luck illustrated by various lucky charms. Chromolithograph.
  • 'Actifed' Compound Linctus.
  • A credulous congregation listening to a sermon by a fiery preacher. Engraving by T. Cook, 1798, after W. Hogarth.
  • The egg story : 6 / [British Egg Information Service].
  • Folio 41r, Wellcome MS Persian 466.
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Works

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    Histoire curieuse et pittoresque des sorciers, devins, magiciens, astrologues, voyants, revenants, âmes en peine, vampires, spectres, fantômes, apparitions, visions, gnomes, lutins, esprits malins, sorts jetés, exorcismes, etc., etc., etc. : depuis l'antiquité jusqu'à nos jours / par le réverend père dominicain Mathias de Giraldo, ancien exorciste de l'Inquisition.

    Giraldo, Mathias de | Date: [1849?]
  • view The mysteries of all nations : rise and progress of superstition, laws against and trials of witches, ancient and modern delusions : together with strange customs, fables, and tales ... / by James Grant.
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    The mysteries of all nations : rise and progress of superstition, laws against and trials of witches, ancient and modern delusions : together with strange customs, fables, and tales ... / by James Grant.

    Grant, James (Archaeologist) | Date: 1880
  • view Natural causes and supernatural seemings / by Henry Maudsley.
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    Natural causes and supernatural seemings / by Henry Maudsley.

    Maudsley, Henry, 1835-1918 | Date: 1887
  • view An ornate lucky charm in the form of a hand. Chromolithograph.
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    An ornate lucky charm in the form of a hand. Chromolithograph.

    | Reference: 18418i
  • view A postcard with a pressed sprig of Edeilweiss and ribbon of Belgium flag, saluting the Belgium soldiers. Pressed flower on card.
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    A postcard with a pressed sprig of Edeilweiss and ribbon of Belgium flag, saluting the Belgium soldiers. Pressed flower on card.

    | Reference: 18441i
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